Intermec 6200 Reference Guide
APPENDIX B
Common PEN*KEY 6000 Series Information
PEN*KEY
R
6200/6300 Hand-Held Computer Programmer’s Reference Guide B-23
Windows, Storage Devices, and Memory
In a PEN*KEY 6000 Series system, the software (DOS, Windows, and the apĆ
plication) is loaded into RAM from a disk device. The standard desktop/laptop
PC system, shown in Figure BĆ2, has 4 MB of RAM and a hard disk drive. The
software components and application data are stored on the hard drive.
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DOS / BIOS
Windows
Application
Work Space
4MB
3MB
2MB
1MB
Figure BĆ2
Desktop/Laptop PC with Hard Disk
The application and all (DOS, Windows) software components are loaded from
the hard drive into RAM, as indicated by arrows in the diagram. The Work
Space" is part of RAM used by the system for shortĆterm storage of information.
The sizes of each area of memory shown, do not necessarily represent the actual
implementations.
System
Memory
DOS / BIOS
Windows
Application
Work Space
RAM Disk
4MB
3MB
2MB
1MB
8MB
7MB
6MB
5MB
Figure BĆ3
PC with RAM Disk
B. Common PEN*KEY
6000 Series Info.